A MUM-of-three who posed as a police officer to raid a pensioner's home to get money for drugs has been jailed for two and-a-half years.

Anita Cadman, of Rowley Regis, claimed she was an officer to access the home of a 64-year-old woman before stealing #4 from her purse. She then tricked her way into the home of an 80-year-old and stole her purse containing #85, said

Bernard Linnemann, prosecuting at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Judge Michael Challinor told 37-year-old Cadman she had committed two "distraction" burglaries on the homes of elderly women because she felt "it would be more easy to steal from them".

Jas Mann, defending, said Cadman, who admitted the thefts, was 31 when she became addicted to drugs.